Carpenters Rocks Surf Forecast

/ SA – East Coast (28 breaks) / South Australia (91 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Carpenters Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 21 Aug 2025 ACST

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Carpenters Rocks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Carpenters Rocks sea temperature is 14.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Carpenters Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Carpenters Rocks at 9PM is: 1.7m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Aug)	-	-
Evening (21 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	17s

Table - waves today at Carpenters Rocks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thu 21		Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	0	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	17	15	15	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	779	2195	2817	2920	3707	3950	3930	6329	5976	6205	5766	5162	5605	6779	6687	6228	5891	5156	4561	3827	3180	2532	2246	2099
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	W	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	NE	E	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 0.19					12:31PM 0.62			11:43PM 0.26					12:46PM 0.61			12:11AM 0.33					1:00PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)		9:04PM 0.18			4:18AM 0.12					8:02PM 0.21			5:17AM 0.09					7:36PM 0.20			5:59AM 0.07

	Thu 21		Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	11	12
Feels °C (?)	12	10	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 39 km from Carpenters Rocks has become light (calm at MountGambierAero). Waves should be turning clean at Carpenters Rocks. 1.6m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.7m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.6m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 12 minutes ago Carpenters Rocks
Wind Update Cross-off wind 27 km from Bullies has swung offshore (light winds from the N at Mount Terrible Radar). A 1.1m groundswell from the SSW
1 hour 12 minutes ago Bullies

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39 km away, 1 h 12 min ago

4 km/h

ESE

0.0

14.6

Air / Water (°C)

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